Senior Community Nurse - Learning Disabilities in Sutton Coldfield

We are looking for an experienced and compassionate Senior Community Nurse specialising in Learning Disabilities to lead and coordinate care for adults with learning disabilities within Sutton's community services. This role involves delivering expert assessments, creating personalised care plans, and providing interventions to support individuals with complex health needs. Our objective is to deliver the best outcomes for the health of adults with a learning disability.

Main duties of the job:

• Lead, influence, and improve health outcomes for adults with learning disabilities through expert clinical practice and strategic leadership.
• Supervise, mentor, and support LD nursing staff and students, ensuring high standards of care and professional development within the team.
• Guide care delivery, help resolve complex cases, and promote best practice.
• Manage a varied caseload, including hospital discharge follow-ups, transition planning, and ongoing health management.
• Build strong relationships with patients, families, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure holistic, person-centered care.
• Represent the service at multi-agency forums and meetings, advocating for the needs and rights of adults with learning disabilities.
• Support integrated care planning and service development initiatives aimed at reducing health inequalities.
• Contribute to quality improvement projects and service development efforts to enhance care delivery, promote equitable access, and ensure best practice standards are met across the community team.

About us:

Our Sutton Learning Disability Community Service in South West London provides comprehensive, patient-focused support through a multidisciplinary team including occupational therapy, physiotherapy (with access to hydrotherapy), speech and language therapy for communication and dysphagia, psychology and behavioural therapy, nursing and dietetics. We deliver personalised, holistic care spanning physical health, communication, mental wellbeing and coordinated support for people with complex needs. The team are focused on quality-improvement, including projects to enhance annual health checks, increase pneumococcal vaccination uptake, and embed Universal Care Plans for older adults with learning disabilities. We are also developing a dedicated Learning Disability Complex Care Pathway to provide more proactive, specialist input for individuals with higher support needs. Our service is rated Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), reflecting our commitment to delivering safe, effective and compassionate care across Sutton.

Person Specification:

• Our ideal candidate is an enthusiastic, compassionate and highly skilled Registered Learning Disability Nurse with substantial post-registration experience supporting adults with learning disabilities (minimum of 3 years).
• Experience in working autonomously in the community, managing a varied caseload and delivering specialist assessments and interventions.
• Strong leadership qualities and able to provide supervision, support and direction to others.
• Excellent communication skills are essential, especially when presenting complex information clearly and representing the team in multi-agency meetings.
• A thorough understanding of the Mental Capacity Act, safeguarding processes, risk management and positive behaviour support.
• Proactive, resilient and committed to improving outcomes and reducing health inequalities for people with learning disabilities through evidence-based practice, collaborative working and service development.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check:

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.